AMAH - History

Program Director: David Ulbrich
Associate Program Director of Academics: John Broom

Mission

The Master of Arts in History program:

• provides students with a base of historical knowledge within the field of history,

• builds awareness of differing historical interpretations and the ability to synthesize diverse types of historical knowledge,

• build and refine student research, writing, analysis, and presentation skills,

• provides students with an introduction to historical pedagogy,

• provides students with a foundation for developing a professional identity as a historian and,

• helps students “learn to think like a historian” and develop “historiographical sensibilities” and “historical habits of mind.”
   

The Master of Arts in History curriculum is guided by the goals for history M.A. degrees outlined by the American Historical Association. The curriculum provides students with a base of historical knowledge, graduate-level historical research skills, an introduction to historical pedagogy, the foundation for an identity as a historian, and the “habits of mind” of a professional historian.